Halloween, October 2007

Ellen and Will, along with Dad's help, transformed their

pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern.

Halloween Night! Ellen dressed as Tinkerbell, and especially loved wearing pink glitter make-up all over her face and arms. Will dressed as a fireman, and surprised us all by putting on the fireman coat, finally, just moments before we walked out the door. Until that point, his disinterest in wearing the coat had been made quite clear.

Fall Favorites, 2007

Our Autumn weekends were busy with visiting the apple orchard and the pumpkin patch and participating in Ellen's preschool's one-mile Fun Run. To quote Will, "Us have fun! Good time! Us have good time!!"

Jeanne wasn't quite prepared for how rapidly Ellen and her friends would take-off with the sound of the race's starting bell. For awhile in the beginning, there were three of us pregnant moms chasing our young runners wondering, "WHERE are the men?" The Dads were at the end of the race, casually pushing the strollers with the younger siblings. Fortunately, Ellen grew weary and we walked the remainder of the race.